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Dan Fouts

Daniel Francis Fouts

Position: QB
Height: 6-3    Weight: 204 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: June 10, 1951 in San Francisco, CA
College: Oregon   (school history)
Drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 3rd round (64th overall) of the 1973 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 122 (38th overall since 1950)
6-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1993

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Dan Fouts's Career 4th quarter comebacks and game-winning drives

The research for this page was done by Scott Kacsmar. Read his extensive three-part article (Part I - Part II - Part III) for full details.

View complete leaderboards for game-winning drives and comebacks.

24 fourth quarter comebacks, 26 game-winning drives

Age is Years-Days
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
1 1973 7 1973-10-28 22-140 SDG @ CLE T 16-16 8 16 50.00% 135 1 1 73.7 8.44 6.88 1 16 16.00 0 4QC
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
2 1974 2 1974-09-22 23-104 SDG @ CIN W 20-17 13 24 54.17% 173 0 0 77.3 7.21 7.21 4 3 0.75 1 4QC / GWD
3 1974 8 1974-11-03 23-146 SDG CLE W 36-35 12 21 57.14% 333 4 1 121.5 15.86 17.52 7 24 3.43 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
4 1975 12 1975-12-07 24-180 SDG @ KAN W 28-20 8 18 44.44% 168 0 3 38.4 9.33 1.83 2 18 9.00 1 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
5 1976 6 1976-10-17 25-129 SDG HOU W 30-27 19 24 79.17% 279 2 0 142.9 11.63 13.29 1 0 0.00 0 4QC / GWD
6 1976 13 1976-12-05 25-178 SDG SFO W 13-7 9 14 64.29% 99 0 0 85.1 7.07 7.07 2 15 7.50 0 GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
7 1977 11 1977-11-27 26-170 SDG @ SEA W 30-28 19 26 73.08% 199 1 1 91.7 7.65 6.69 2 -5 -2.50 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
8 1978 9 1978-10-29 27-141 SDG @ OAK W 27-23 11 28 39.29% 165 1 1 56.4 5.89 5.00 2 12 6.00 1 4QC / GWD
9 1978 11 1978-11-12 27-155 SDG KAN W 29-23 13 20 65.00% 188 2 0 128.7 9.40 11.40 2 0 0.00 0 GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
10 1979 11 1979-11-11 28-154 SDG @ CIN W 26-24 21 40 52.50% 295 2 4 53.6 7.38 3.88 0 0 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
11 1980 2 1980-09-14 29-096 SDG OAK W 30-24 29 44 65.91% 387 3 5 76.8 8.80 5.05 2 9 4.50 0 4QC / GWD
12 1980 12 1980-11-20 29-163 SDG @ MIA W 27-24 25 41 60.98% 226 3 0 100.3 5.51 6.98 2 12 6.00 0 GWD
13 1980 17 1981-01-03 29-207 SDG BUF W 20-14 22 37 59.46% 314 2 1 93.7 8.49 8.35 2 -6 -3.00 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
14 1981 2 1981-09-13 30-095 SDG DET W 28-23 18 25 72.00% 316 1 1 110.8 12.64 11.64 6 17 2.83 0 4QC / GWD
15 1981 9 1981-11-01 30-144 SDG KAN W 22-20 24 39 61.54% 297 0 1 74.4 7.62 6.46 0 0 0 4QC / GWD
16 1981 15 1981-12-13 30-186 SDG @ TAM W 24-23 33 49 67.35% 351 1 2 77.8 7.16 5.73 1 3 3.00 0 4QC / GWD
17 1981 17 1982-01-02 30-206 SDG @ MIA W 41-38 33 53 62.26% 433 3 1 99.0 8.17 8.45 2 10 5.00 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
18 1982 4 1982-11-28 31-171 SDG DEN W 30-20 27 40 67.50% 337 3 1 108.0 8.43 8.80 1 4 4.00 0 GWD
19 1982 6 1982-12-11 31-184 SDG @ SFO W 41-37 33 48 68.75% 444 5 0 132.6 9.25 11.33 1 -2 -2.00 0 4QC / GWD
20 1982 10 1983-01-09 31-213 SDG @ PIT W 31-28 27 42 64.29% 333 3 0 112.5 7.93 9.36 0 0 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
21 1983 2 1983-09-12 32-094 SDG @ KAN W 17-14 17 25 68.00% 259 1 1 98.6 10.36 9.36 1 -4 -4.00 0 4QC / GWD
22 1983 6 1983-10-09 32-121 SDG SEA W 28-21 28 36 77.78% 331 1 2 91.1 9.19 7.25 1 -2 -2.00 0 4QC
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
23 1984 12 1984-11-18 33-161 SDG MIA W 34-28 37 56 66.07% 380 4 1 101.8 6.79 7.41 0 0 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
24 1985 3 1985-09-22 34-104 SDG @ CIN W 44-41 25 43 58.14% 344 4 2 95.5 8.00 7.77 0 0 0 4QC / GWD
25 1985 10 1985-11-10 34-153 SDG RAI W 40-34 26 41 63.41% 436 4 1 121.6 10.63 11.49 1 0 0.00 0 4QC / GWD
26 1985 14 1985-12-08 34-181 SDG PIT W 54-44 21 33 63.64% 372 3 3 94.5 11.27 9.00 1 -2 -2.00 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
27 1987 7 1987-11-01 36-144 SDG CLE W 27-24 25 42 59.52% 315 2 1 88.9 7.50 7.38 1 -1 -1.00 0 4QC / GWD
28 1987 8 1987-11-08 36-151 SDG @ IND W 16-13 16 30 53.33% 214 1 3 47.8 7.13 3.30 2 2 1.00 0 4QC / GWD